“And John answered and said, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name; and we forbad him, because he followeth not with us.”
Master, said John, we saw someone driving out demons in your name and we tried to stop him, because he is not one of us — John's interruption reports the disciples' attempt to stop the unauthorized exorcist. He is not one of us: the tribal exclusiveness that the servant-of-all teaching directly contradicts. The not one of us is the concern about authorization, which the next verse will challenge.
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